Zygmunt and Audrey Wilf Foundation
Private foundation · Short Hills, NJ · EIN 22-2747584 · reported 2023–2025
125grants reported
$15Kmedian award
$5,000lower quartile
$72smallest grant
$8.1Mtotal paid
9states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 19 of its 125 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $1.0M in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
820 Morris Turnpike
Short Hills, NJ 07078-2624
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| New York Law School | New York, NY | $1,000,000 |
| New York Law School | New York, NY | $1,000,000 |
| New York Law School | New York, NY | $1,000,000 |
| National September 11 Memorial & Museum | New York, NY | $500,000 |
| The Public Theater | New York, NY | $400,000 |
| The Public Theater | New York, NY | $300,000 |
| Park East Synagogue BENEFIT SUPPORT | New York, NY | $250,000 |
| Walker Art Center CAPITAL SUPPORT | Minneapolis, MN | $200,000 |
| Walker Art Center CAPITAL SUPPORT | Minneapolis, MN | $200,000 |
| Ahavath Torah - Chabad at Short Hills | Short Hills, NJ | $136,000 |
| Jewish Family Service of Metrowest | Florham Park, NJ | $125,000 |
| Make the Road New Jersey | Elizabeth, NJ | $125,000 |
| Nyu Institute of Fine Arts | New York, NY | $105,000 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $105,000 |
| NJ Leep | Newark, NJ | $100,000 |
| Park East Synagogue | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Park East Synagogue | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| The Public Theater | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Yeshiva University | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| NJ Leep | Newark, NJ | $100,000 |
| Yeshiva University BENEFIT SUPPORT | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Pingry School | Basking Ridge, NJ | $90,000 |
| Jewish Family Service of Metrowest | Florham Park, NJ | $80,000 |
| American Friends of Beit Ruth | New York, NY | $75,000 |
| American Friends of Beit Ruth | New York, NY | $75,000 |
| American Friends of Beit Ruth | New York, NY | $75,000 |
| Jewish Family Service of Metrowest | Florham Park, NJ | $75,000 |
| Pingry School ANNUAL FUND | Basking Ridge, NJ | $70,000 |
| Pingry School ANNUAL FUND | Basking Ridge, NJ | $70,000 |
| National September 11 Memorial & Museum | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
| National September 11 Memorial & Museum | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Salvation and Social Justice | Trenton, NJ | $50,000 |
| National September 11 Memorial & Museum BENEFIT SUPPORT | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Ahavath Torah - Chabad at Short Hills | Short Hills, NJ | $36,000 |
| Ohel Children's Home & Family Services Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $36,000 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $30,000 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $30,000 |
| Paper Mill Playhouse | Millburn, NJ | $30,000 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $30,000 |
| Paper Mill Playhouse | Millburn, NJ | $25,000 |
| Per Scholas Inc | Bronx, NY | $25,000 |
| Imagine A Center for Coping With Loss | Mountainside, NJ | $25,000 |
| Per Scholas Inc PROGAM SUPPORT | Bronx, NY | $25,000 |
| Golda Och Academy Inc | West Orange, NJ | $25,000 |
| Minds Matter National Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Paper Mill Playhouse | Millburn, NJ | $25,000 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Bronx, NY | $22,200 |
| Hit the Books Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 |
| NJ Leep | Newark, NJ | $20,000 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 |
| Rutgers University Foundation | New Brunswick, NJ | $20,000 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 |
| NJ Leep | Newark, NJ | $20,000 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 |
| Congregation Israel of Springfield | Springfield, NJ | $18,000 |
| Congregation Israel of Springfield | Springfield, NJ | $18,000 |
| Olami Manhattan | New York, NY | $18,000 |
| Congregation Israel of Springfield BENEFIT SUPPORT | Springfield, NJ | $18,000 |
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